If people must talk about coalitions could they at least try to make some kind of sense? The problem isn’t coalitions, it’s coalitions with separatists. Click here to read the rest.
Michael Ignatieff just ain’t from ‘round here. He objects when the Tories say he’s only visiting. But when he casually suggests handing our national security to hostile foreigners it sure doesn’t look like he’s attached to Canada. Click here to read the rest.
There’s something important Michael Ignatieff doesn’t know about public spending in Canada. Whoa, you cry, there’s a well with no bottom! But here’s what I want to pull up and splash around right now: He doesn’t know Canada’s government is a nearly perfect vote buying machine. Click here to read the rest.
Enjoying the election yet? Don’t worry. There’s more where that came from. But while we can’t make them go away, we can’t make them smarter and we can’t make them quieter, we can take back the conversation if we want. That’s why I’m glad to be joining Sun Media especially in the middle of this offensive electoral hoohah. I’m convinced Canada can do better. It wouldn’t even be that weird.
When the recession hit in 2008, Canada's governments fell off the balanced budget wagon with amazing speed, pouring themselves billions in public debt and courting a horrible interest payment hangover. Today, with the country's economic troubles supposedly in the past, the "emergency" spending continues in the apparent belief political, if not economic survival, requires it.
Except in the birthplace of Canadian socialism, Saskatchewan, where premier Brad Wall has the only budget surplus in the country and the highest popularity rating.